Armadillo Page #5

Synopsis: In February of 2009, a group of Danish soldiers accompanied by documentarian Janus Metz arrived at Armadillo, an army base in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. Metz and cinematographer Lars Skree spent six months following the lives of young soldiers situated less than a kilometre from Taliban positions. The result of their work is a gripping and highly authentic war drama that was justly awarded the Grand Prix de la Semaine de la Critique at the 2010 Cannes film festival. But it also provoked furious debate in Denmark concerning the controversial behavior of certain Danish soldiers during a shoot-out with Taliban fighters. The film-makers repeatedly risked their lives shooting this tense, brilliantly edited, and visually sophisticated probe into the psychology of young men in the midst of a senseless war whose victims are primarily local villagers. Yet more disturbing than scenes in which Taliban bullets whiz past their cameras is the footage of the young soldiers as each tries
Genre: Documentary, War
Director(s): Janus Metz
Production: New Yorker
  10 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
72
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
NOT RATED
Year:
2010
105 min
$10,347
Website
95 Views


Including the Taliban.

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- Come on, you faggots.

- Look who's talking.

351

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You planted bombs, you ape!

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So far we know that a civilian car

approached the gas station -

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- on Highway 1 towards the desert,

the route we usually take home.

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The car hit something

and detonated.

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There was an explosion.

Our formation is vehicle 1 in front..

356

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Primarily observe

from the rifleman's position.

357

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we'll see how bad it is

when we get there. Okay?

358

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Flip your night vision down

and keep a lookout behind.

359

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On our way back from there

I heard a huge explosion.

360

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I couldn't believe it.

361

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I ran back down -

362

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- and 7-5 and 3-5 ran right into me,

so I went flying.

363

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44:34,920 -- 00:44:37,919

Everybody was running

all over the place.

364

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44:38,080 -- 00:44:41,799

Then I heard, "There's

blood everywhere. 2-5 is down."

365

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I said, "For f***'s sake, 5.

You should keep your head down."

366

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Then he said, "I know.

How about a dance?" I cracked up.

367

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"This isn't a good time."

Then I gave him emotional first aid.

368

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He had a huge gash here.

Turned out to be a fractured skull.

369

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45:10,200 -- 00:45:13,279

Damn.

370

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- No f***ing fun.

- I'll say.

371

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45:24,600 -- 00:45:29,159

I heard a massive boom,

and everything was sand and dust -

372

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- for a few seconds.

373

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I tried to feel if my teeth were broken

with my tongue -

374

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- and I tried to wiggle my fingers.

I couldn't tell if my teeth were okay -

375

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- because I had so much gravel,

sand and blood in my mouth.

376

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I only felt splinters and stones.

I didn't know what was what.

377

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I tried ... I don't remember clearly -

378

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- but I looked down

and saw two trickles of blood.

379

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It wasn't until I was

in the helicopter -

380

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- that I started to get

really uncomfortable.

381

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That's when I had time

to think about it.

382

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"what do I look like now?

Will I ever recover?"

383

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"will I talk funny for the rest

of my life?" All those questions.

384

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I have to go back to Armadillo

and stand in front of them all -

385

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- and say, "You can't

get rid of me that easily."

386

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- 2-5 here.

- Raven has something.

387

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Three men are walking south.

62.7, 3 1.4.

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Can Alpha 1-7 see them running?

Get the coordinates.

389

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- They're splitting up.

- 64.5, 32.0.

390

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Aim at the place

that's been used as a firing point.

391

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Do they have to assemble

the gun first or what?

392

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9-0. Pancake.

393

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47:27,320 -- 00:47:30,479

- Alright!

- About bloody time.

394

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- Do you want everyone to meet up?

- Yes ...

395

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2nd platoon, at the vehicles.

396

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There he is! Our man.

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- Alright?

- You bet. I'm in great shape.

398

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- Hi, guys.

- You smell good, too.

399

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- But you don't.

- Hello!

400

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- Nice to see you.

- Hey, man.

401

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I'm sick of hugging sweaty guys by

now. who else? Jesus Christ.

402

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Hey, guys.

Are we all here?

403

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Hey, man.

404

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- I'm glad you grew that beard again.

- I thought you might feel that way.

405

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- Here's group leader 1 .

- Well, for the time being.

406

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It's f***ing great to see you guys.

Any questions?

407

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Great. Let's go.

408

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Signaler, the locals say the Taliban

bugged out north and south -

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- when they saw us arrive.

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Signaler, will you cover me

if I run out in the field?

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- Probably not.

- This is damn depressing.

412

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All dressed up

and no one to blow. This won't do.

413

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- wanna bet?

- Nothing will happen.

414

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Nothing will happen?

It's no fun betting when we agree.

415

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Daniel, how about stripping

and running naked across the field?

416

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- That might kick things up a notch.

- His pink body will scare them off.

417

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Shut the f*** up.

418

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The other day ...

My house was bombed.

419

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My cow was killed,

and two calves.

420

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They didn't die,

they were wounded.

421

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A cow was killed.

Two calves were injured.

422

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Our guard dog

was also blown to bits.

423

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Look.

The animals were tied up in here.

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There are 19 of us.

The cow gave us milk.

425

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- Now we have nothing, no money.

- We can compensate you for it.

426

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Hello. How are you?

427

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Can you come to the camp

this evening or tonight?

428

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It's very difficult.

People get killed. They're afraid.

429

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But it's important

that we collaborate.

430

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So we can make peace here.

431

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God willing, we can bring peace

to this place. Rebuild the country ...

432

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Exactly, but we'll see.

God will provide.

433

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we ... the country is exhausted.

434

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2-1, can we move forward,

or do we wait?

435

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